Teen House Help Gives Sleeping Pills To Owner Before Theft In Lucknow: Cops
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The police on Sunday arrested the house help Mohd. Suhail, 19, his father Mohd Sharif, 40, and his relative Shakil, 30, and recovered jewellery worth Rs 15.5 lakh and Rs 50,000 in cash.
The Lucknow police have arrested a house help for giving sleeping pills to an elderly woman in place of prescribed drugs and stealing jewellery and cash from the house on Sunday, the police said.
"The young house help was employed at the house two years back. He was stealing the jewellery and cash from the house with the help of his father and a distant relative who used to supply him with Diazepam, a sleeping pill to carry out the theft. He used to take her valuables and small quantities of cash once she fell asleep. In the period of a few months, he took away jewellery worth more than Rs 15.5 lakh and cash above Rs 1 lakh," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Durgesh Kumar.
The police on Sunday arrested the house help Mohd. Suhail, 19, his father Mohd Sharif, 40, and his relative Shakil, 30, and recovered jewellery worth Rs 15.5 lakh and Rs 50,000 in cash.
